Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-04-10
SPORTING.
BASE BALL.

BASE BALL.
Gid. Gardner will captain the Boston
Blues.
Corkhill has finally signed, and Cincin-
natl is happy.
Won der Abe has issued search warrant
for Latham.
Maui, one of Nashville's pitchers, has a
very appropriate anne
Eastman, one of Nashville's experiments,
has been released.
Six balls were used in last Saturdays
game at Recreation Park.
How does the Inter State Commerce bill
strike yOu, anyhow, managers?
The Clevelands were about the last of
prominent clubs TO get to work.
The BoStons started South Thursday for
a ten days trip taking twelve men.
According to all accounts, Van Haltern
is q great drawing card in San Francisco.
Briody's excellent backstop work for
Detroit has increased Conway's efficiency
very materially.
If Harry Wright keeps on he will be
able to compete with Won der Abe in the
matter of signing pitchers.
John B. Day expects to see the Alleghe-
nys reach fourth place, but anticipates no
trouble from them himself.
Crowell's practice pitching is greatly ad-
mired in Cleveland, and much faith is
pinned in the Altoona wonder.
Nlcol and Kid Baldwin are the Siamese
twins of the Cincinnati club. They have
fallen in love with one another.
Fogarty wins the suit of clothes offered
by Il Philadelphia clothing firm to the To-
cal player making the first home run.
Larry COrcoran, of the NashVilles, is
liable to prove a stumbling block in the
path of the other Southern League teams.
Fennelly is being roasted at Cincinnati
for not sliding. Frank is probably averse
to spelling his clothes so early in the sea
son.
The Memphis club can enjoy the title OF
champions of Tennessee, even If they do
get left on the Southern pennant.
Won der Abe has signed another phe-
nomenal named Kaes. He halls from Chi
cago aud is recommended by Comiskey.
Kid Baldwin is catching even in better
shape than he did last season. He Is a
heap more successful with his paws than
he was with the harpoon.
Wiegreffe, pitcner for the Memphis
team, is already pronounced n phenom-
email failure, unless a phenomenal catcher
is found to hold his delivery.
Dawson, the Browns new pitcher, is the
first OF the champions TO be signed. Can
it be that the luck in keeping men in
good shape is deserving der boss man.
ager?'
Slowly but surely is the Boston club get
ting back some of the Kelly Doodle. Five
hundred dollars for ButfintOn and Cunning
knocks q little slice of, and still there's
more to follow.
Jack GlasscOck receives So, 200 and not
81, 300 fiOm indianapolis. BY the way,
Jack will also get a dividend from the Ma
rooms stock presented to him by st. Louis
admirers the past winter.
Tom Brown has indeed recovered the use
of his arm. His throw last Saturday from
deep center, retiring a man at third base,
was a damper on the base-stealing ambi-
tions of the Buffalo players.
A large majority of the Western teams,
according to Manager Clifford, take rather
kindly to the new rules and think well of
them. The main objection to them APP
years to be the iOur-strike clause.
Little Lave Cross has been doing strong
work with the stick for Louisville, and his
brother Amos is very proud Of the young
ster. lie isa plucky catcher, and will
make his mark behind the bat.
The st. Louis RGpuJEcan thinks Foutz
will be the greatest pitcher in the land
under the new rules" Wait until Davey
runs up against the Cincinnati s!uggers
and Byrne's Gowannus' lads.
The startling announcement is made
that BILLY SharSig believes the Athletics
will win the spriug championship series
with the Philadelphias. Strange that
William should have such Il belief.
Carruthers is again alleged to be very
i'll. This time he has had to fight against
several hemOrrhageS. AS Bobby has sign
a Browns contract, there might be
thing in this sick business after all.
Harry Weldon thinks that young Gro
well, who will pitch for the ClevelaMds
this season, is n very clever article. Out
of eight hits charged up against him in his
first game at Cincinnati, five were given on
bases OH balls.
The League clubs do not have monthly
dues to pay. They pay instead So per
dozen for balls, and this is used towards
paying the uHpircs and other expenses.
The League is furnished the balls free by
SpaldinE, same ~ Reach does the AssOcia-
ton.
Baldwin is stopping a good many wild
pitches for Tony Mullane. The kid"
has carried thad cOmmeudablc habit over
with him from last season. He is a very
useful little attachment to the Cincinnati
team, and will probably be permitted to
work the grand stand just the same as
ever.